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The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Browning, Robert (1812-1889)

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DRAMATIC LYRICS.

CAVALIER TUNES.

THE LOST LEADER.

“HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX.”

THROUGH THE METIDJA TO ABD-EL-KADR.

NATIONALITY IN DRINKS.

GARDEN FANCIES.

SOLILOQUY OF THE SPANISH CLOISTER.

THE LABORATORY.

THE CONFESSIONAL

THE LOST MISTRESS.

EARTH'S IMMORTALITIES.

MEETING AT NIGHT.

PARTING AT MORNING.

A WOMAN'S LAST WORD.

LOVE AMONG THE RUINS.

A LOVERS' QUARREL.

UP AT A VILLA—DOWN IN THE CITY.

A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI'S.

OLD PICTURES IN FLORENCE

“DE GUSTIBUS------”

HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD.

HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA.

BY THE FIRE-SIDE.

ANY WIFE TO ANY HUSBAND.

TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA.

MISCONCEPTIONS.

A SERENADE AT THE VILLA.

ONE WAY OF LOVE.

ANOTHER WAY OF LOVE.

A PRETTY WOMAN.

RESPECTABILITY.

LOVE IN A LIFE.

LIFE IN A LOVE.

WOMEN AND ROSES.

THE GUARDIAN-ANGEL.

MASTER HUGUES OF SAXE-GOTHA.

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DEAF AND DUMB.

A GROUP BY WOOLNER.

Only the prism's obstruction shows aright
The secret of a sunbeam, breaks its light
Into the jewelled bow from blankest white,
So may a glory from defect arise:
Only by Deafness may the vexed Love wreak
Its insuppressive sense on brow and cheek,
Only by Dumbness adequately speak
As favoured mouth could never, through the eyes.